February 2nd

Brand new on the chart for the week ending February 4th are "Sock It To Me, Baby" by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, debuting at #74, "Epistle To Dippy" by Donovan, which premiers at #79 and a couple of tracks bringing up the rear … "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" by Johnny Rivers at #99 and "California Nights" by Lesley Gore at #100.  

Bobby Hebb (performing "Sunny") and The Mojo Men (singing "Sit Down, I Think I Love You") appear on "Where The Action Is".  

The American Basketball Association is formed … it lasts until 1976.  (The first ABA game is played on October 13, 1967)  Four ABA teams survived and merged into the NBA … The New Jersey Americans (who became The New York, The New Jersey and The Brooklyn Nets), The San Antonio Spurs, The Denver Nuggets and The Indiana Pacers.